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A newsletter about taking up space, from a social justice-minded, Chicagoish editor who is recovering from cancer and learning to dance again.

Newsletter · By Martha Bayne · Official site

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Sep 7, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    More Summer Reading (opens the original)

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    As promised, here’s part two of my summer reading list. Go here for part one! Also: I realized that I left the publishers off of part one, so I’ve gone back and added them in. I’m biased, obviously, but there’s so much hostility to publishers in the discourse these days, it really bums me out. It’s important to recognize the editorial vision and creative labor that goes into bringing a book to market and, also, to showcase the fact that many of these titles were publis

  2. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Summer Reading (opens the original)

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    Why is September always so hectic? I don’t have kids to send back to school — or drop off at college — but this month always feels jam packed, and I wind up with bruising fomo over every music festival, dance performance, and gallery opening I’m not attending. Next weekend, though, one thing I will be doing is working at the University of Illinois Press tent at Chicago’s Printers Row Lit Fest. This is the Midwest’s largest literary event of the year and (as long as it doesn’t rain) a book lover’

  3. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    A podcast! A paperback! (opens the original)

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    Just a few quick updates here….For those following along at home, Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us is now out in paperback! Officially, on Tuesday, and on my porch, today. I’ve been trying to get better at using video on social media, because, well, it does seem to work, dammit. So here’s a little unboxing video I made. Don’t ju… Read more

  4. Issue · Aug 20, 2026

    Reunited (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 5, 2026

    What's in a Legacy? (opens the original)

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    Last week, on July 29, an artist I greatly admired died. It’s probably not the one you’re thinking of.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1222" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nxa8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:ste

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